Particle Falls

Particle Falls, an ambitious digital-media installation that provides a real-time visualization of particulate pollution as a measure of air quality, will be projected onto the facade of the Wilma Theater. When projected, “falls” of blue light are overlaid with spots of fiery color that emerge and crackle to represent the presence of fine particulate matter, as detected by a nearby air monitor called a nephelometer. Fewer bright spots over the falls mean fewer particles in the air.